Being a college student is challenging. Especially when you have to juggle academics, extra-cirricular activities, and maintain a healthy social life. Although all majors are equally important, most majors require more focus and less leisure time with friends and personal events. One of those majors, in my opinion, is actually my major which is Nursing.
Even though I am a Pre-Nursing major due to my college classification, I am well aware of the work I have to put in to become any kind of nurse I want to be. I have familiarized myself with the requirements I have to meet in order to successfully get in, get through, and get out of nursing school. The upside of being in nursing school, I feel, is knowing that the outcome will be for the betterment of not only my life but other people's lives as well. It probably will be a good thing to remind myself daily not to give up because it will pay off and be beneficial to me in the end. Also, it will warm my heart knowing that I will be working towards helping save human's lives and caring for their health the best way I can. The downside of being a nursing school student may be the effect it may cause on my personal life. I would not necessarily say that it will be impossible, but it will most definitely be difficult for partying, socializing, and even dating to play a major role in my life as it does currently. Only because I know that when you are enrolled in nursing school it is mandatory that I stay on top of my studies and remain focused on the main goal which will be graduating. I also know that one slip up could cause me to be terminated from the nursing program. Actions such as receiving a misdemeanor from the federals or even earning an average grade of a "C" in one of the nursing courses can be penalties to revoke me from graduating.
Since I am not yet officially a nursing student, I do not have a personal experience of what nursing school is like. I only have the perception I have created based off of what I have been told by my major advisor and my peers. A blog post by Jaclyn Fields describes her own experiences about her first semester of nursing school. Her experiences are similar to my accusations of what nursing school may be like. She explains how it is difficult to balance her family, friends, and job on top of nursing school. There will be more obstacles to conquer while being a part of a nursing school. Being a student in a difficult field of study does not mean that the rest of life's problems are going to stop. Nursing school will just be another tribulation added to the rest of the bunch. That all comes with being a well-rounded, responsible person. I am sure that with confidence, faith, dedication, perseverance, and work that not only myself but anyone will be able to master the trials of nursing school and come out prosperous.
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